Braving severe weather conditions and undeterred by ceasefire violations, soldiers deployed at the Siachen Glacier and along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday cast their votes as service voters, a defence spokesperson said here.
“The IndianArmy troops deployed at the Siachen Glacier and along the LoC in J-K fulfilledtheir duty of being responsible citizens by participating in the democraticprocess,” he said.
The spokesperson said in a first-of-its-kind initiatives,the Election Commission provided the facility to the troops deployed infar-flung, remote and inhospitable terrain to download their ballot papersonline, vote and forward the ballot papers to their respective electoralreturning officers through post.
The spokesperson said the soldiers cast their votes for theparliamentary elections, exhibiting the strength of the democratic process.